A Major disaster was averted on the monorail line opposite One Avighna Park, Lower Parel on Friday. Sources said that had a monorail passed through, while the fire brigade was mounting its ladder, the fire engine and the tracks would have been severely damaged, due to high current passing through the transmission wires.

The 90 metre-high turntable ladder needs a lot of space to be installed completely. Since the fire officials wanted to douse the fire from the outside and were on the road below the monorail tracks, there was a risk of the ladder coming in contact with the tracks.